Checklist for Superfamily Chironomoidea Newman, 1834
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 458
5336
18787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 455
5331
18781 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 433
5239
18576 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 291
4213
16123 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies | 80
888
4611 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Nematocera
Latreille, 1825
Long-horned flies, Mosquitoes, Thread-horns | 17
194
1583 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Culicomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Mosquitoes and Midges | 5
73
626 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Chironomoidea
Newman, 1834
| 2
37
337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Papua New Guinea
2 Families width 337 Species and 1 Subspecies
Subnodes of Chironomoidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea | Family | Ceratopogonidae
Newman, 1834
biting midge, Biting midges, Midgies, Mosquitos Or Gnats, No-see-ums, Punkies, Sand flies | 23
309 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Chironomidae
Erichson, 1842
Chironomids, Midges, non biting midge, Non-biting midges, Nonbiting midges | 14
28 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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